518  
FNUS74 KBMX 032213  
FWSBMX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR OAK MOUNTAIN...SHELBY EMA  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL  
513 PM CDT SAT OCT 3 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1800 CDT ON OCTOBER 03.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
AT OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK AND VICINITY, THERE IS A LOW CHANCE  
FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS THROUGH TONIGHT WITH A HIGH CHANCE FOR  
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY. IF OAK  
MOUNTAIN STATE PARK BECOMES INVOLVED WITHIN AN AREA OF STEADY  
RAINFALL ON SUNDAY, RAIN AMOUNTS COULD REACH BETWEEN ONE TO TWO  
INCHES. DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF A FRONT, WINDS WILL LIKELY  
FLUCTUATE FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST, GENERALLY AROUND 5 MPH.  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN  
SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.  
CWR.................30 PERCENT DECREASING TO 20 PERCENT LATE IN THE  
EVENING, THEN INCREASING TO 40 PERCENT  
OVERNIGHT INCREASING TO 60 PERCENT AFTER 3 AM.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. GUSTY  
AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS  
EARLY IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS  
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE EVENING  
AND OVERNIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH.  
DISPERSION INDEX....4.  
LVORI...............7.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM  
SKY (%).........78 88 89 83 83 88  
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE S CHC S CHC CHANCE LIKELY  
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR  
TSTM COV........S CHC CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC  
CWR.............30 30 20 20 40 60  
TEMP............82 75 74 73 72 72  
RH..............72 92 99 100 100 100  
20 FT WIND......SE 2 SE 2 SE 2 SE 1 SE 1 SE 1  
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 6 5 5  
20 FT WIND DIR..130 120 130 140 140 140  
MIX HGT (FT)....1000 400 400 400 400 500  
TRANSPORT WIND..SE 6 SE 6 SE 6 S 6 S 6 SE 5  
DISPERSION IDX..8 0 0 3 3 2  
LVORI...........3 7 10 10 9 9  
   
SUNDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS THROUGH  
THE DAY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
CWR.................60 PERCENT INCREASING TO 90 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78.  
MIN HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED  
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND  
ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN  
THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 7 TO  
8 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
DISPERSION INDEX....7 INCREASING TO 11 IN THE AFTERNOON.  
LVORI...............8.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM  
SKY (%).........90 98 100 100 100 100  
WEATHER COV.....LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE  
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR  
TSTM COV........S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE  
CWR.............60 80 90 90 90 90  
TEMP............71 70 73 76 76 76  
RH..............100 100 100 96 99 90  
20 FT WIND......SE 1 E 2 SE 2 SE 2 SE 2 E 2  
20 FT WIND GUST.5 6 6 6 7 7  
20 FT WIND DIR..120 110 120 120 120 100  
MIX HGT (FT)....500 700 1100 1500 1400 1000  
TRANSPORT WIND..SE 5 E 7 E 7 E 7 SE 7 E 8  
DISPERSION IDX..2 3 6 12 11 12  
LVORI...........9 9 8 8 7 6  
   
SUNDAY NIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN  
SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.  
CWR.................90 PERCENT DECREASING TO 20 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH  
EARLY IN THE MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS  
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 6 TO 8 MPH.  
DISPERSION INDEX....5.  
LVORI...............8.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM  
SKY (%).........100 91 84 79 83 82  
WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY S CHC S CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR  
TSTM COV........CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC  
CWR.............90 60 60 60 20 20  
TEMP............74 71 71 70 70 69  
RH..............97 100 100 100 100 100  
20 FT WIND......NE 2 E 2 NE 2 NE 2 NE 2 NE 3  
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 8 8 8 10  
20 FT WIND DIR..060 070 040 040 040 030  
MIX HGT (FT)....800 400 800 800 500 900  
TRANSPORT WIND..E 8 E 6 NE 6 NE 7 NE 7 NE 8  
DISPERSION IDX..9 0 5 3 3 5  
LVORI...........6 10 9 9 9 9  
   
MONDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.  
MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 7 TO 13 MPH.  
DISPERSION INDEX....9 INCREASING TO 17 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN  
INCREASING TO 29 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING  
TO 43 IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 31.  
LVORI...............5.  
 
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........81 79 63 60 58 52 46 41 36 32 31 31  
WEATHER COV.....SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RW  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  
TEMP............68 67 69 71 74 77 80 81 82 81 80 77  
RH..............100 100 100 97 87 79 69 65 61 63 62 69  
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  
20 FT WIND DIR..030 030 040 040 040 040 040 040 040 030 030 030  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.10 11 12 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 12  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.9 1.3 1.8 2.2 2.8 3.3 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 2.7  
TRANSP WIND DIR.N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 10 10 12 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 10  
DISPERSION IDX..5 7 12 13 17 29 43 42 42 42 42 31  
LVORI...........9 7 7 7 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3  
 
 
FORECASTER...SATTERWHITE  
REQUESTED BY...MINDY NASH  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2622816.13/BMX  
.DELDT 10/03/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
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